Sadgoth's Guide to Wave gotik treffen / leipzig 

Welcome to the WGT 2026 Band Genre list...here we will keep a running commentary of officially announced bands together with their Genre (this will allow you to go and check out bands with a similar sound to those that you like, and hopefully help you to navigate through the vast amount of bands that will be announced)...

104 performers confirmed, updated 30th December 2025

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WGT 2026 BANDS AND GENRE

1 - 45 GRAVE - (USA) - Deathrock, horror punk, gothic rock
2 - A BLACK RAINBOW - (Germany) - Darkwave, post-punk, coldwave
3 - AESTHETIC PERFECTION - (USA) - Industrial pop, EBM, aggrotech, synthpop
4 - ALTAR DE FEY - (USA) - Deathrock, gothic rock
5 - AMBASSADOR21 - (Belarus) - Digital hardcore, industrial metal, electro‑punk
6 - ARMAGEDDON DILDOS - (Germany) - EBM, electro‑industrial
7 - ASH CODE - (Italy) - Darkwave, coldwave, post-punk, synthpop
8 - ASTARI NITE - (USA) - Darkwave, post‑punk, gothic rock
9 - AUGER - (UK) - Darkwave, gothic rock, industrial rock
10 - BASHFUL BILLY - (USA) - Dark indie rock, post‑punk‑leaning indie
11 - BESTIAL MOUTHS - (USA) - Darkwave, industrial, post‑punk
12 - BIANCA STÜCKER & BRUXAS SOLIS - (Germany) - Dark pagan, neofolk, ambient
13 - BIOMEKKANIK - (Sweden) - EBM, electro‑industrial, synthrock
14 - BLAKLIGHT - (USA) - Synthpop, Darkwave
15 - CASKET CASSETTE - (USA) - Darkwave, coldwave, synthpop
16 - CAT RAPES DOG - (Sweden) - Electro‑industrial, EBM, synthpunk
17 - CLAN OF XYMOX - (Netherlands) - Gothic Rock, Darkwave, Synthpop
18 - C‑LEKKTOR - (Mexico) - Aggrotech, dark electro
19 - CODE 64 - (Sweden) - Synthpop, futurepop, EBM
20 - CORPUS DELICTI - (France) - Gothic rock, post‑punk
21 - COVENANT - (Sweden) - EBM, synthpop, electronic
22 - CREUX LIES - (USA) - Darkwave, post-punk, gothic rock
23 - DAF  - (Germany) - Electropunk, EBM, Neue Deutsche Welle
24 - DAS ICH - (Germany) - Darkwave, electro‑industrial, Neue Deutsche
25 - DEMENTED ARE GO - (UK) - Psychobilly, punk rock
26 - DESTROY ME AGAIN - (Germany) - Futurepop, EBM, synthpop
27 - DEWS PEGAHORN - (Germany) - Neofolk, dark folk
28 - DIE STREUNER - (Germany) - Medieval folk
29 - DIGITAL DRVGS - (USA) - Industrial, EBM, Dark Electro
30 - DIORAMA - (Germany) - Electropop, darkwave, futurepop
31 - DLINA VOLNY - (Belarus) - Synthpop, darkwave
32 - DUCTAPE - (Turkey) - Post-punk, Darkwave
33 - EDDIE DARK - (Greece) - Darkwave, post‑punk
34 - EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN - (Germany) - Industrial, Avant-garde
35 - EISFABRIK - (Germany) - Futurepop, synthpop, electronic
36 - EMPATHY TEST - (UK) - Synthpop, electropop, darkwave
37 - ERDLING - (Germany) - Neue Deutsche Härte, Industrial Metal
38 - EUROSHIMA - (Argentina) - Darkwave, post‑punk, synthwave
39 - EVI VINE - (UK) - Darkwave, ethereal wave, post‑rock
40 - FLIEHENDE STÜRME - (Germany) - Punk, Post-punk, Darkwave
41 - FRONTLINE ASSEMBLY - (Canada) - Electro-industrial, EBM, Industrial Rock
42 - FRUSTRATION - (France) - Post‑punk, coldwave
43 - GRAUSAME TÖCHTER - (Germany) - Industrial, Electro-punk, Performance Art
44 - GULVØSS - (Germany) - Synthpop, dark electronic, atmospheric pop
45 - HATEFUL CHAINS - (Finland) - Gothic rock, darkwave
46 - HEIMATAERDE - (Germany) - Electro‑industrial, EBM, medieval industrial
47 - HINFORT - (Germany) - Dark folk, neofolk, pagan folk
48 - HRAFNGRIMR - (France) - Dark pagan, nordic folk, ambient
49 - IST IST - (UK) - Post-punk, post-punk revival
50 - JG AND THE ROBOTS - (USA) - Electronic dance, industrial‑tinged EDM
51 - KIEW - (Germany) - Electro‑industrial, power noise
52 - KIM WILDE - (UK) - Pop, new wave
53 - KOMMUNITY FK - (USA) - Deathrock, gothic rock, post‑punk
54 - KOMPROMAT - (France) - Electro-industrial, EBM, synthpunk
55 - LA BANDE‑SON IMAGINAIRE - (Mexico) - Darkwave
56 - LACRIMOSA - (Switzerland) - Gothic metal, darkwave
57 - LEAETHER STRIP - (Denmark) - EBM, Industrial, Synthpop
58 - LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT - (USA) - Gothic rock, darkwave, alternative rock
59 - MALE TEARS - (USA) - Synthpop, darkwave
60 - MINUIT MACHINE  - (France) - Darkwave, synthwave, electronic
61 - MOONSPELL - (Portugal) - Gothic metal, black metal, dark metal
62 - MY MANIFESTO - (USA) - Coldwave, darkwave
63 - MYRNA LOY - (Germany) - Avant-garde pop, new wave, ambient
64 - NACHTMAHR - (Austria) - EBM, electro‑industrial, aggrotech
65 - NOROMAKINA - (Colombia) - Darkwave, post‑punk, minimal synth, EBM
66 - NOX NOVACULA - (USA) - Gothic Rock, Deathrock
67 - OCTAVIAN WINTERS - (USA) - Post‑punk, darkwave, ethereal wave
68 - OH HIROSHIMA - (Sweden) - Post‑rock
69 - PANKOW - (Italy) - Electro-industrial, EBM, post-industrial
70 - PANZER AG - (Norway) - Aggrotech, industrial rock, power noise
71 - PHOSGORE  - (Germany) - Powernoise, industrial, EBM, techno body music
72 - PINK TURNS BLUE - (Germany) - Post‑punk, darkwave
73 - POL - (Netherlands) - Minimal synth, EBM, electro
74 - PORTION CONTROL - (UK) - Industrial, EBM, electropunk
75 - QUAL - UK - Dark Techno
76 - REIN - (Sweden) - EBM, Electro-punk, Industrial
77 - ROME - (Luxembourg) - Neofolk, dark folk, martial industrial
78 - ROSA CRUX - (France) - Ritual gothic, darkwave, neoclassical
79 - ROSEGARDEN FUNERAL PARTY - (USA) - Post‑punk, gothic rock, darkwave
80 - SAGENBRINGER - Germany - Folk/Pagan Metal 
81 - SCHÖNGEIST - (Germany) - Dark rock, gothic rock
82 - SCRATCH MASSIVE - (France) - Synthwave, electronic, electro house
83 - SHE PAST AWAY - (Turkey) - Darkwave, Post-punk
84 - SKELETAL FAMILY  - (UK) - Gothic rock, post-punk, deathrock
85 - SOFT VEIN - (USA) - Darkwave, coldwave, industrial, synthpop
86 - SOKO+++FRIEDHOF - (Germany) - Industrial, darkwave, gothic electronic
87 - SOLAR FAKE - (Germany) - Synthpop, futurepop, dark electro
88 - SOMAN - (Germany) - Power noise, industrial techno
89 - SPIT MASK - (USA) - Electro-industrial, EBM
90 - SSLEEPING DESIRESS - (USA) - Darkwave, minimal wave, post‑punk
91 - SUICIDE COMMANDO - (Belgium) - Electro‑industrial, EBM, aggrotech
92 - TABERNIS - Germany - Medieval Dark Music
93 - THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA - (Switzerland) - Gothic rock, darkwave, electronic rock
94 - THE CRIMSON GHOSTS - (Germany) - Horror punk, psychobilly
95 - THE DEVIL & THE UNIVERSE - (Austria) - Darkwave, ritual ambient, occult electronic
96 - THE OTHER - (Germany) - Horror punk
97 - THE PALACE OF TEARS - (USA) - Darkwave, ethereal wave, gothic rock
98 - THE SPKTR / SPK - (Australia / New Zealand) - Industrial, post‑industrial, noise
99 - TRANS‑X - (Canada) - Synthpop, Hi‑NRG
100 - TYSKE LUDDER - (Germany) - EBM, electro-industrial, dark electro
101 - VAUGHN GEORGE - (UK) - Synthpop, piano‑driven electronic
102 - VERMILIA - (Finland) - Pagan metal, atmospheric black metal
103 - VRÎMUOT - (Germany) - Dark folk, neofolk
104 - WALDKAUZ - (Germany) - Pagan folk, medieval folk